§ Captain W. BENNasked the Home Secretary what is the total revenue secured from the island of Alderney by Government Departments; what disbursements are made for the benefit of the island; and how the remainder of the expenditure is met?
§ Mr. SHORTTFor the year ended 31st March, 1920, which is the last year for which complete figures are available, the gross revenue collected by the Office of Woods in virtue of the Crown rights in Alderney was £1,012. The current expenditure of the Office of Woods (excluding repayments towards a capital sum advanced for building a jetty) was as follows:—Cost of collection and management (less a sum paid by the War Office for work done for them), £113 16s. 2d.; Cost of repairs and maintenance, including expenditure on the harbour, £195 12s. 9d.; Salaries of States officials and other expenses of local administration (less a contribution of £100 from the States), £292 5s. 8d.; Miscellaneous payments, £28 5s.; Total, £629 19s. 7d. The remainder of the local expenditure is met by taxes raised by the States, the main tax being a Customs duty on intoxicating liquors and tobacco. The War Office own certain lands and quarries in Alderney, and for the year in question their rents and royalties amounted to about £430. The Admiralty also received a sum of £123 as a payment from certain quarry lessees for the use of a tramway owned by the Admiralty.